Uzbekistan expands employer-led dual vocational education

Verified facts

• The Agency for Vocational Education reported that Resolution No. 449 provides a framework for concessional loans to organisations that establish dual-education programmes with technical schools and ensure graduate employment, subject to stated conditions.
• The same official reporting states that the Agency reviews investor proposals based on workforce needs and approves admission quotas for relevant technical schools. An investor proposal or approved quota is not evidence that a named company has an authorised programme, available learners, suitable curriculum, employment contract or funding.
• A 2026 Agency meeting with employer and international participants discussed expansion of dual education, targeted workforce training and graduate employment. A meeting record describes policy direction and stakeholder dialogue, not an employer commitment or a training purchase route.
• The Agency’s 2026/27 admission announcement reported 641 technical colleges and 134,960 places, including 42,820 dual-study places. Aggregate capacity does not establish a specific skill profile, location, language ability, safety readiness, qualification status or availability to one employer.
• ILO and World Bank material describes TVET and labour-market matching reforms as long-running institutional work. Independent context cannot establish the quality, employer relevance, placement outcome or commercial accessibility of a particular provider or learner cohort.